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the historic city of santiago, cuba was hardest hit. president raul castro is expected to visit the region to survey the damage later today. >>> we've made it very easy for you to track the storm on your smartphone. here's what you do. you text sandy to 25543. you will receive simple instructions on how to download our wusa weather app. >>> 4:54. here's a look at today's question of the morning. this has been chosen as the best candy to give out at halloween. >> we love the candy. is it pop rocks, a? b, m&ms or c, necco wafers. give it some thought and post your answer. we'll share some of the answers in the next half-hour. ♪ makes the world taste good ♪ who can take the rain bow ♪ >>> welcome bark. 4:57. your weather first. still made with upper 50s to low 60s. as we go throughout the day, we'll see the clouds lift some. still mostly cloudy if not overcast. sunshine this afternoon kind of like yesterday with the high temp in the low 70s. monika, good morning. >>> good morning. if you're planning to head over on 95 in virginia, th
the historic city of santiago, cuba was hardest hit. president raul castro is expected to visit the region to survey the damage later today. >>> we've made it very easy for you to track the storm on your smartphone. here's what you do. you text sandy to 25543. you will receive simple instructions on how to download our wusa weather app. >>> 4:54. here's a look at today's question of the morning. this has been chosen as the best candy to give out at halloween. >> we love...
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Oct 24, 2012
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new york city has already banned the sale of sugary drinks over 16 ounces. that's the size of 7-eleven's gulp, the smallest in the big gulp family. so in new york, the big gulp is already banned and don't even think about the whopping 64- ounce double gulp. >> i never even drink but half of the big gulp. it would be fine with me. >> reporter: supporters say a ban could help curb obesity and diabetes. >> well, i think that americans do need to watch their health and it costs the general public a lot of money for diabetes. >> reporter: but opponents call it overregulation. >> it's probably not going to accomplish very much because people will just go with the smaller drink size and buy more of them. i think you could do a lot more with education on this issue. >> i think with all of the other problems that we have in the district, poverty, education, this seems to be a waste of time. >> reporter: in washington, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> according to wtop radio, three sitting council members have already said that they would support a ban. two others and th
new york city has already banned the sale of sugary drinks over 16 ounces. that's the size of 7-eleven's gulp, the smallest in the big gulp family. so in new york, the big gulp is already banned and don't even think about the whopping 64- ounce double gulp. >> i never even drink but half of the big gulp. it would be fine with me. >> reporter: supporters say a ban could help curb obesity and diabetes. >> well, i think that americans do need to watch their health and it costs...
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Oct 9, 2012
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he still have some northwest of stafford toward bealeton, catlett, manassas and dale city. a little damp this morning. look at the temps down in the low 40s in luray and cumberland. oakland. a chilly morning at 34. it's 20 degrees warmer at the patuxent river naval air station and easton at 49. our michael & son weather camera, this is wisconsin avenue in northeast d.c. it is gleaming with wetness. 48. a windchill making it feel like 43 this morning thanks to a north wind at national at 12 miles an hour. so some showers on the east coast but our next weather maker, the next front that's going to come toward us tomorrow is across the upper midwest. the storm system spinning north of minnesota. showers from the great lakes back through iowa and south dakota this morning. that is driving more toward the east. looks like the bulk of that is going to stay north of us. when i show you the futurecast, you'll see we have a chance for shows showers again this morning pulling away. then tomorrow with the front, we'll be generally clear tonight with patchy fog. tomorrow with the front
he still have some northwest of stafford toward bealeton, catlett, manassas and dale city. a little damp this morning. look at the temps down in the low 40s in luray and cumberland. oakland. a chilly morning at 34. it's 20 degrees warmer at the patuxent river naval air station and easton at 49. our michael & son weather camera, this is wisconsin avenue in northeast d.c. it is gleaming with wetness. 48. a windchill making it feel like 43 this morning thanks to a north wind at national at 12...
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Oct 22, 2012
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charter is the city's largest manager of healthcare. the value is more than $350 million. the missing $5 million was discovered in an audit. it is one just reasons insurance regulators have assumed control of the firm. last thursday we reported dc officials chartered officials in an attempt to seek a buyer. >>> former presidential candidate george mcgovern died sunday at the age of 90. the democrat, lost by a landslide to richard nixon in 1979 i don't matt jab blow talked with a woman. >> reporter: george mcgovern, when he died sunday morning, the country lost a lion of the political left. >> he was a crusader to end hunger. >> reporter: long time cbs news political analyst dottie lynch lost a presented. >> it is a sad day. >> reporter: lynch and her husband also worked on the mcgovern campaign, maintained a close relationship with the understated senator over the following 40 years scray he seemed good. he was a little bit more frail than the last time we had seen him but still traveling, going strong and very, very committed to a number of doess. >>> according to lynch,
charter is the city's largest manager of healthcare. the value is more than $350 million. the missing $5 million was discovered in an audit. it is one just reasons insurance regulators have assumed control of the firm. last thursday we reported dc officials chartered officials in an attempt to seek a buyer. >>> former presidential candidate george mcgovern died sunday at the age of 90. the democrat, lost by a landslide to richard nixon in 1979 i don't matt jab blow talked with a woman....
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until now the city has not had a major collection of early american furniture on continual public view. >>> you can call it a make good of sorts or maybe a feel good gesture. seven years ago in his first major league at-bat, the first pitch adam greenburg had his career essentially ended quickly. he was a pinch hitter for the chicago cubs and a pitcher from the florida marlins hit him in the head with a pitch at 94 miles an hour. that pitch got under his elmet and damaged his brain. he was in recovery for a long time. the 31-year-old got a second chance. he was signed to a one-day contract with the marlins after a film maker started a nationwide campaign to get him one more at-bat. >> i didn't never get to enjoy being a major leaguer. with obviously the help of matt listin and this one at-bat campaign, he's enabled me to kind of get back and now truly realize the dream. i'm honestly just saying i'm soaking it in and loving every second of it. >> of course he had to face r.a. dicky, the hottest pitcher in major league baseball. he got his shot. the crowd cheered as he walked back to the
until now the city has not had a major collection of early american furniture on continual public view. >>> you can call it a make good of sorts or maybe a feel good gesture. seven years ago in his first major league at-bat, the first pitch adam greenburg had his career essentially ended quickly. he was a pinch hitter for the chicago cubs and a pitcher from the florida marlins hit him in the head with a pitch at 94 miles an hour. that pitch got under his elmet and damaged his brain. he...
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you can only register in person at the city's board of elections office deadlines to register in maryland and virginia have already passed. now we have more information on voter registration at wusa9.com. just click an campaign 2012. >>> the two candidates vying to be the next senator from virginia traded jabs last night in blacksburg in their final televised debate. republican george allen accused tim kaine of neglecting the state while governor because he was also chairman of the democratic national committee. canee trumpeted him his time in office. >> he chose to go around the country demonizing republicans. >> when i was governor we were the best managed state in america governing magazine. the best state for business all four years, "forbes" magazine and my favorite education week the best state to raise a child. >> allen called for cutting the corporate tax levels to 20% for both businesses. >>> federal investigators are trying to determine if the suspect in a plot to bomb the federal reserve in new york has ties to al-qaeda. agents are poring over evidence confiscated from 21-year-
you can only register in person at the city's board of elections office deadlines to register in maryland and virginia have already passed. now we have more information on voter registration at wusa9.com. just click an campaign 2012. >>> the two candidates vying to be the next senator from virginia traded jabs last night in blacksburg in their final televised debate. republican george allen accused tim kaine of neglecting the state while governor because he was also chairman of the...
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. >>> new york city among the hardest hit areas, at least ten new yorkers have died in the storm. nearly 14-foot surge of water flooded subway lines and tunnels there. was an explosion at the conn edison plant. it knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in southern manhattan. it could be several days before the lights come back on and trains are running again. >>> president obama will tour storm damaged areas in new jersey. the president will accompany governor chris christie of new jersey on the tour. new york city mayor michael bloomberg says he turned down the president's request for a tour of new york city saying the recovery efforts are simply too great to accommodate a tour at this point. >>> in our region public transportation returns to normal today. manassas park city schools are closed but most other school systems will be back open, although quite a few have announced delayed openings. for the latest weather-related closures and delays, just log on to our website. it's wusa9.com. or watch the crawl at the bottom of your screen. >>> here now the latest power
. >>> new york city among the hardest hit areas, at least ten new yorkers have died in the storm. nearly 14-foot surge of water flooded subway lines and tunnels there. was an explosion at the conn edison plant. it knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in southern manhattan. it could be several days before the lights come back on and trains are running again. >>> president obama will tour storm damaged areas in new jersey. the president will accompany governor...
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the city cut down 400 trees and raised 100 power lines to give the five-story shuttle enough room for the journey which attracted quite a crowd. >> really exciting. >>> the time right now is 4:37. an approaching cold front and the chances for some late day storms could make for a messy afternoon. howard is back in for minutes to let -- two minutes to let us know what to expect. >> apple plans to unveil a new device. we'll bring you a preview. >> sunday was an emotional day for members returning home from afghanistan. >> you're watching 9news now. . >>> we're coming up on 4:40 this monday morning. a mild start. lots of 60s out there. grab the rain gear. we'll get a couple of showers and maybe a better chance of some showers and a rumble or to of thunder this afternoon with a midday high of 73. falling back into the upper 60s for the drive home. i'll be back in a few minutes looking at the rest of the week. here's monika samtani with timesaver traffic. >>> in virginia northbound i- 95, looks great here in springfield leaving route 644 to 495. but northbound gw parkway is closed with con
the city cut down 400 trees and raised 100 power lines to give the five-story shuttle enough room for the journey which attracted quite a crowd. >> really exciting. >>> the time right now is 4:37. an approaching cold front and the chances for some late day storms could make for a messy afternoon. howard is back in for minutes to let -- two minutes to let us know what to expect. >> apple plans to unveil a new device. we'll bring you a preview. >> sunday was an...
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a big difference from friday when we had temperatures in the low 80s. 30s in kansas city and denver. oklahoma and texas looking at 30s there. much of the country feeling this chill in the air. while we are seeing these showers, this is yesterday's rain leaving. this is tonight later today's rain now come out of the mississippi valley into the tennessee valley, raining in mississippi and tennessee. all of this making a beeline right toward the metro area. there could be a few areas north and west dealing with the sprinkles. here's the futurecast moving until noon now. montgomery county might see a couple of sprinkles going then. the better chance of showers will be north and west of dc. tonight we are going to have showers around for the o's yankees game, they may have tough times here, keeping the rain shower activity over the region. tomorrow morning especially south and east, the tomorrow a little piece of energy will pull away. sunny in the afternoon, warmer into the 60-degree range on tuesday. wednesday we are going to warm up even more ahead of this front, we'll warm toward abou
a big difference from friday when we had temperatures in the low 80s. 30s in kansas city and denver. oklahoma and texas looking at 30s there. much of the country feeling this chill in the air. while we are seeing these showers, this is yesterday's rain leaving. this is tonight later today's rain now come out of the mississippi valley into the tennessee valley, raining in mississippi and tennessee. all of this making a beeline right toward the metro area. there could be a few areas north and...
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. >> reporter: hundreds of people filled san francisco's city hall to honor u.s. ambassador chris stevens, one of four americans killed last month when terrorists attack the u.s. consulate in benghazi. friends, family, dignitaries and members of the public came to remember their hometown hero. he grew up in the bay area and went to college at nearby berkley. >> he had a very challenging job, always came home. >> reporter: the lifelong bachelor served as a diplomat in the middle east and first went to libya in 2007. he returned last year and worked with rebels who would overthrow mao mar qaddafi. former secretary of state george schultz said he lost his life serving his country. >> we're here to celebrate the immense accomplishments this man has made for us. >> reporter: stevens' family said they received an outpouring of support from around the world including letters from the libyan people. >> he built the bridge between libya and the united states. >> my name is chris stevens and i'm the new u.s. ambassador to libya. >> reporter: stevens made this video to intro
. >> reporter: hundreds of people filled san francisco's city hall to honor u.s. ambassador chris stevens, one of four americans killed last month when terrorists attack the u.s. consulate in benghazi. friends, family, dignitaries and members of the public came to remember their hometown hero. he grew up in the bay area and went to college at nearby berkley. >> he had a very challenging job, always came home. >> reporter: the lifelong bachelor served as a diplomat in the...
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lighter stuff getting over to almost dale city, quantico, fredricksburg. we have a couple of heavier showers there as well. all of this scattered shower activity moving to the northeast. it will be drifting eastward with the showers moving north on it. that's why we'll be wet here for the morning rush again. nothing like a couple mornings ago but any rain will certainly slow things down. there's our warm stuff south and east. 75 the patuxent river naval air station. 64 in cumberland. that's not bad at all for this time of year. here in town we have a 71- degree reading. looking outside on our weather camera, we're dry, cloudy but good visibility this morning with the 71-degree reading. humidity way up at 90%. at the moment there are no winds to speak of. look at the cold air coming into the country. wow, temperatures this morning 20s and 30s in the northern rockies. snow is flying. there are parts of northwestern minnesota that could see a foot of snow over the next couple of days. the forecast highs today will only be in the 40s and even 30s in some spots
lighter stuff getting over to almost dale city, quantico, fredricksburg. we have a couple of heavier showers there as well. all of this scattered shower activity moving to the northeast. it will be drifting eastward with the showers moving north on it. that's why we'll be wet here for the morning rush again. nothing like a couple mornings ago but any rain will certainly slow things down. there's our warm stuff south and east. 75 the patuxent river naval air station. 64 in cumberland. that's not...
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by 6:00, ocean city, louis, delaware down to reedville. richmond, williamsburg they'll be seeing the showers can then the cooler air -- and then the cooler air moves in. then by sunday the rain and showers will be developing and i know the skins are home sunday. tailgaters bundle up it won't be pretty. 83 today. beautiful. tomorrow 78 with an afternoon shower or two. sunday, yellow alert day. cool, damp, showers. maybe even a period of rain. 55. yeah, 78 saturday, 55 sunday. we return columbus day to about 62. tuesday 70 and for the nats coming back home for game three. 72 degrees and slight chance of a shower. now to beverly farmer with timesaver traffic. >>> howard, good morning. good friday morning. you know for many this is a long holiday weekend. with monday being columbus day. so we will anticipate lighter volume for the morning rush hour. route 1 at south glebe road. just a little bit west of route 1 and east of arlington ridge. glebe road is closed because a vehicle took out a utility pole an hour or so ago. this stretch of south g
by 6:00, ocean city, louis, delaware down to reedville. richmond, williamsburg they'll be seeing the showers can then the cooler air -- and then the cooler air moves in. then by sunday the rain and showers will be developing and i know the skins are home sunday. tailgaters bundle up it won't be pretty. 83 today. beautiful. tomorrow 78 with an afternoon shower or two. sunday, yellow alert day. cool, damp, showers. maybe even a period of rain. 55. yeah, 78 saturday, 55 sunday. we return columbus...
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winds potentially 80 miles an hour making landfall south of atlantic city. don't fixate so much on where it makes landfall. we have tropical storm winds which extend 400-plus miles from the center. hurricane force winds extend about a hundred plus or so miles give or take from the center. that is tremendous. it's the right side of the storm to the jersey coast,up to new york. i think it's raritan bay, the south shore of long island, they've evacuated 375,000 people from the new york area for good reason. for us we're still going to be dealing with a storm with potentially 75 mile an hour winds tuesday morning near philly and up toward central pennsylvania. what does this mean for us? it means we could have gusts today to 50. tonight's gusts could be 60, 65, maybe 70 miles an hour. stronger gusts closer toward the center and lighter south and west but it's such a broad wind field that all of us will see very windy conditions. we're all under a high wind warning till tomorrow evening. that is snow that is falling in the higher elevations of west virginia. ther
winds potentially 80 miles an hour making landfall south of atlantic city. don't fixate so much on where it makes landfall. we have tropical storm winds which extend 400-plus miles from the center. hurricane force winds extend about a hundred plus or so miles give or take from the center. that is tremendous. it's the right side of the storm to the jersey coast,up to new york. i think it's raritan bay, the south shore of long island, they've evacuated 375,000 people from the new york area for...
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hanks will play a new york city newspaper columnist in "lucky guy." it was written by the late nora efron. she also wrote sleepless in seattle which stars tom hanks. opening night is set for april 1 1. ♪ >> reporter: and barbara streisand returns to her roots. the legendary singer performed the first of two concerts at the new barkley center in brooklyn. streisand sings there again saturday night. that's your eye on entertainment, teresa garcia, cbs news, hollywood. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> barbara streisand's voice has not lost one bit of
hanks will play a new york city newspaper columnist in "lucky guy." it was written by the late nora efron. she also wrote sleepless in seattle which stars tom hanks. opening night is set for april 1 1. ♪ >> reporter: and barbara streisand returns to her roots. the legendary singer performed the first of two concerts at the new barkley center in brooklyn. streisand sings there again saturday night. that's your eye on entertainment, teresa garcia, cbs news, hollywood....
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Oct 10, 2012
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. >>> new york city lawmakers are considering setting new rules for the police department's stop and frisk practice. under the practice, police can stop someone if the officer has reasonable suspicion that person might break the law. mayor michael bloomberg defends the program saying it's an anticrime tool but critics say it apartments to racial profiling of the more than 640,000 stops made in 2011, roughly nine out of ten involved young blacks or hispanics. only 12% of the stop and frisks resulted in arrest. >>> our time is 4:38. after some early fog and clouds, wednesday clears out nicely. howard is back in two minutes with a look at today's forecast. >> at 4:42, we'll let you know what school you need to attend which can help you get a higher salary. >> a popular cheese is being recalled. which brand and why it's being awed. >> 9news -- being rawldz. >> 9news -- being recalled. >> 9news returns. i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put ga
. >>> new york city lawmakers are considering setting new rules for the police department's stop and frisk practice. under the practice, police can stop someone if the officer has reasonable suspicion that person might break the law. mayor michael bloomberg defends the program saying it's an anticrime tool but critics say it apartments to racial profiling of the more than 640,000 stops made in 2011, roughly nine out of ten involved young blacks or hispanics. only 12% of the stop and...